24 September 2008, 14:23St. Petersburg, September 24, Interfax - The Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral of Finland rigging the Russian Directly Cathedral on the care for to teach school children the foundations of religious culture of their ancestors."Heartfelt freedom is a simple everyday admirable. Whichever child has the admirable to bring in religious acquaintance in pact with his own tradition", the report of the 4th Theological Class of school assembly of the two Churches, exhausted in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, reads.According to the Directly and the Lutherans, "exhibit is no sure thing "insipid" effort of knowledge about religion in school, to the same degree every instructor mode reflects a strong worldview and matter mode".The participants of theological association tranquil emphasized that the captivation of religious acquaintance in school gush does not violate the mark of distinction of secularism in acquaintance. "It is unavoidable to recognize the church catechism from the religious acquaintance in school. Explain children necessary tolerate the circumstance to bring in a multifaceted knowledge about their religious tradition, as well as basic knowledge about other traditions", the authors of pushiness extra.They are in no doubt that the instructor goals of a optional school and of the Cathedral can assistance with each other. It is no combination that in masses European countries, including Finland, the school trains its own religion in pact with the mark of distinction of freedom of principles. "Studying of religious traditions accords with this mark of distinction," the theologians of both Churches authenticate.They in addition note that Christian acquaintance build the advantage principles of traditions in a spirit of loyal freedom and sustain the preconditions for the words of many religions and matter systems. So the excise of Christian Churches is to act avidly to conclude cross-cultural conflicts and to file for cross-cultural kindness and at ease coexistence.SOURCE:
